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If the CPU is compromised then we should try to find out about it. We might not all be cryptography experts like Linus is implying he is, but he saying there's
by devx 13y ago
If the CPU is compromised then we should try to find out about it.
We might not all be cryptography experts like Linus is implying he is, but he saying there's no way the CPU could be compromised and use the backdoor against Linux? If not, then he should invite more scrutiny, not less.
From what I understand it would be very hard to even know if the CPU is compromised, so why is he so absolutist about it then, if it's impossible for him to prove with absolute 100 percent certainty that it's false?
As the post at the top says: trust no one.
- conductor 13y ago> If the CPU is compromised then we should try to find out about it. This is a copy-paste of my comment from an older thread [0]: http://www.xakep.ru/post/58104/ http://www.xakep.ru/post/58104/ (use Google Translate) TL;DR The author has found an undeclared software module (backdoor?) working as a hyper-visor in the System Management Block chip on the South Bridge working with Intel CPU with VT virtualization technology. [0] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4462782 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4462782